(WBIR - Knoxville) The debate over fracking continues in East Tennessee as UT moves forward with its proposal to bring the controversial energy extraction process to the Cumberland Forest.

The University of Tennessee has considered the idea of fracking the 8,300-acre Cumberland Forest, which lays in Morgan and Scott Counties, since at least 2001. But, the process is not new to Tennessee.

A Briceville man was killed while cutting down trees on a Campbell County property Friday morning.

The accident happened on Sharp Lane in Caryville shortly before 9:30 a.m. According to Campbell County Sheriff's Office, Calvin L. Daughtery, 60, was cutting down trees when one one of them fell and hit another tree. The top of the tree broke away and struck Daughtery in the head.

Lifestar flew Daughtery to UT Medical Center, where doctors said he died from head injuries.

To navigate to one of the most isolated places nestled in the hills of Big South Fork, you have to drive for several miles on narrow dirt roads, cross a creek bed that is a couple of feet deep, and then hike an additional mile on foot.

When you finally reach the clearing between the creeks and the cliffs, the only thing you will find other than an open meadow is a large chimney and stone remnants of a now nullified neighborhood named "No Business."